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Coffin Dodgers [Kindle Edition]

Gary Marshall
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)

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"A no-holds-barred thriller plot with a sense of the ridiculous, lacing nastiness with some delightfully black comedy" - The Big Issue Scotland

"You really can't afford to miss out on this" - Ray Banks, author of Sucker Punch and Beast of Burden

Coffin Dodgers is a fast, funny and fat-free thriller that's been compared to Christopher Brookmyre, Colin Bateman, Tim Dorsey, Carl Hiaasen and the films Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead.

Eighty is the new thirty. Nobody's having babies, the old massively outnumber the young and the hip crowd has become the hip replacement crowd. Twentysomething barman Matt Johnson would be bored senseless if someone wasn't trying to kill him.

When Matt isn't playing silly pranks on his elders with his colleague Dave or laughing at Dave's dating disasters, he's trying to summon up the courage to ask best friend Amy out on a date. Then Matt narrowly escapes a car wreck, and he discovers that his accident was no accident. Someone's murdering young people, and dozens are already dead. Can Matt, Amy and Dave stop the killings? The answer involves guns, gangsters, an angry bear and plenty of irate pensioners.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I love comedy and crime combined in books and films. When it works well, there can be nothing better. I don't think The Coffin Dodgers has the inventiveness of Christopher Brookmyre or Colin Bateman, nor does it have the pace and punchiness of films like Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. But this is a decent enough novel and in the areas where Marshall seems to be lacking, he makes up for in humour.

This is the second laugh out loud novel that I have been fortunate enough to read this year (the first being Tony Royden's superb dark comedy thriller The Dealer) and for this reason alone I would be happy to recommend The Coffin Dodgers - it is an enjoyable read.
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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I've been reading and liking Gary Marshall's journalism for years. And here along comes his first novel, so I've read that too. And it's good.

The world is full of books which say "I laughed till I cried" on the cover but which turn out to be utterly unfunny when you read them. This is not one of those books. It is proper funny, and actually made me laugh.

It also contains murders and plots and mystery. The characters seem real, their dialogue is natural and believable. The prose goes straight from the page to your head without your having to think about reading, the way good writing does. And the book does a nice job of taking you a little way into a plausible future: not slamming loads of over-the-top high-tech nonsense into your face every paragraph but just gently reminding you from time to time that it's not quite the here-and-now.

I loved it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Almost five star 14 April 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
I don't normally like this sort of thing, I'll say now. Mr Marshall, however, wins over doubters like me pretty quickly with some stupid japes that raise a chuckle. It's not long before the serious side of the story kicks and it goes through a Hollywood caper style plot. It was the first book I read on my kindle and I romped through it, helping me get used to the device easily.

The criticisms I'd level at it are that some of the dialogue is perhaps too cute at times and the ending could've been bigger. These are things that I'd expect from a first time novel and give me hope for sequels.

In all though it's a very enjoyable yarn and worth well more than 99p.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not as funny as I was lead to believe
I read this book as the reviews said it was very funny. I realise humour is subjective, and although this made me smirk in a couple of places, I did not find it warrented laughing... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Jill
Great, fun story let down by an awful cover
A great yarn. Fun and easy to read. For once I didn't notice a single mistake in the text too.

It has some great lines such as '... Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Chapman
COFFIN DODGERS
This was a brilliant read the plot was well thought out and the story was fast pased & the characters really made the story
great fun and made you feel like you were there... Read more
Published 1 month ago by VP81
Worth Reading
I enjoyed these book, especially the concept, but found it a little slow in places. I would read the sequel, and recommend thid to friends.
Published 1 month ago by Tara Hamkari
made me laugh!
Really enjoyed this book, loved the story and the sense of humour of the author. Looking forward to his next book!!
Published 1 month ago by The Doll
Could't put it down!
I have been recommending this book to everyone I know. Once you pick it up you have to know how it ends. I couldnt put it down!! Read more
Published 1 month ago by kb.barr88
Inventive, amusing and fast-paced
Light-hearted look at a view of the future gone to seed through medical advances. Marshall writes in a witty and engaging way, building his characters so well that you feel you... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Cabby 31
Disappointing, with predictable plot
From the first death, it's obvious what's going on. Obvious to the reader, but not, apparently to the protagonists. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Easy Goin Roj
Still giggling
The story itself is almost the co-star of this excellent book, what shines out is the wit within. A story set in a future in which children have all but stopped being born, and in... Read more
Published 2 months ago by I. Hawkins
A cracking read
Being in the older age group myself, I wondered if I might find the dialogue a bit youth orientated, but no. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Duffy
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